I swear I remember reading somewhere (maybe from Steve Munro) that the depth of Don Mills station and the drop to the Don River westwards would at least pose challenges. Of course now I can't find that information but I'd like to think I'm not imagining things.
Keesmaat is interesting in that as far as I know there's never been a city staff member that has garnered as much attention as she has. When she got the job she was all over the news almost as a socialite (sort of how Richard Florida gets talked about) and she embraced social media in a way not...
Could someone correct me if I'm wrong? The increased costs of inprove/maintain mostly come from 100 years of maintainence. We're not going to see approx. $500m of money that we can suddenly invest in transit. Yes, annually we can invest some more but the amount won't be enough to pay for large...
Another day, another study against the subway.
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/transportation/2015/06/02/new-data-finds-scarborough-subway-routes-run-through-extremely-low-density-areas.html
Two things at the end stand out for me though:
I thought additional funding was $910m from the city...
Eh, it's generally all a mess. "War on cars". "LRTs will ruin streets". Discourse of these matters seem to rarely come with an appreciation of the other side. Bedford's comment struck me as worth commenting on because after what this city went through during the Ford years I can't see keeping...
Former city planner Paul Bedford has said that not removing the east gardiner would make Toronto an international laughing stock. Hyperbole like that doesn't help me take him seriously even given his credentials.
http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2013.CC39.5
Council meeting of Oct 8 2013 voted 33-11 to:
It's rich to see Perks who was lambasting Pasternak on twitter for not knowing about voting to throw out the sunk costs during the meeting when it when it seems he himself voted...
Some points:
Construction was supposed to start in 2014 but got delayed to 2017 after the Libs rejigged the dates. (Does Finch start this year or next?)
One could argue that the GO overpass would be necessary for SmartTrack or any increased GO service.
I've been told that a surveying...